The new cases include four women and one man in Ahmedabad, two women in Mehsana and two men in Anand. In Mehsana, both the cases – aged 49 and 65 – were direct contacts of a confirmed case, while in Anand, both the persons had travel history to Tanzania.
In Ahmedabad, three patients had a native/travel history to African countries – two from Congo and one from Tanzania. Of the remaining two, one had come from Dubai and the other from the UK.
With this update, 19 have become active in the state ommicron case With four patients – three from Jamnagar and one from Surat city – discharged after due process. District-wise cases include seven from Ahmedabad, three each from Jamnagar, Mehsana, Vadodara and Anand, two from Surat and one each from Gandhinagar and Rajkot.
“Most of the cases cause mild or no symptoms. Most were traced due to mandatory testing criteria and contact tracing for countries at risk. In all, over 150 persons who came in contact with the confirmed cases are screened, but so far we have not seen cluster-level spread. Thus, the focus is on early detection from the entry point,” said a senior health department official.
The daily COVID case count is also rising, amid concerns over Omicron. On Wednesday, 91 new positive cases were reported in the state, which is 5% more than Tuesday. The death of two active patients – one each from Surat city and Devbhoomi Dwarka – took the official death toll to 10,106.
The new positive cases include 25 from Ahmedabad city, 16 from Surat city, 10 from Vadodara city, 8 from Rajkot city, 7 from Rajkot city, 6 from Valsad, 5 from Jamnagar city, 4 of Navsari, Gir Somnath, Kheda and 2-2. Cases are included. Vadodara, and 1-1 from Ahmedabad, Kutch, Surat and Tapi districts.
Active cases increased from 600 to 637 after five months with 41 patients being discharged. The state vaccinated 1.82 lakh people in 24 hours, taking the number to 8.76 crore.
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